Instructions: In your group, read through the powerpoint slides and fill in your note sheets When completed answer the 5 questions on the last slide on the back side of your notes When completed ask Ms. Saggio for an extra credit opportunity!

Ms. Saggio - World History The Rise of Hitler

Remember Fascism? Anti-Semitism Ms. Saggio - World History “Nazism is Fascism, only with an Anti-Semitic twist Anti-Semitism Anti-Semitic, or Anti-Semitism: suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic or racial group

Germany in the 1920’s High unemployment rate & Hyper-Inflation Ms. Saggio - World History High unemployment rate & Hyper-Inflation 1918 Germany was a republic known as Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic was not popular with the German people It was hated because it signed the Treaty of Versailles People saw the Weimar Republic as traitors

Hitler, Leader of the Nazi Party Ms. Saggio - World History Joined the National Socialist German Workers’ Party: (Nazi Party) Copied many ideas of the Fascist Party 1921 Hitler became leader of the Nazi Party

Hitler, Leader of the Nazi Party Ms. Saggio - World History Adopt the swastika to tie his ideas to the past and the occult Established the SA or Brown Shirts Nazis that supported Hitler

Coup d’etat: A revolution to try and take over the government Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 In 1923, he attempted a coup d'état in Munich, known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler sent to prison There he wrote his memoir, Mein Kampf (My Struggle). Hitler Coup d’etat: A revolution to try and take over the government

Mein Kampf (My Struggle) Ms. Saggio - World History Book that set forth Hitler’s beliefs and goals: Racial Purity Aryans = “master race” those of Germanic decent, blond hair and blue eyes Non-Aryans = “inferior or subhuman races,” Jews, Slavs and Gypsies

Mein Kampf (My Struggle) Ms. Saggio - World History Denouncement of the Treaty of Versailles Lebensraum: “living space” Hitler called for an invasion of Russia to allow the German race to grow The twin evils: Communism and Judaism, his aim was to eradicate both from the face of the earth

Hitler’s Rise to Power Ms. Saggio - World History 1933, To increase the number of Nazis serving in the Parliament, Hitler calls a new election. Six days before the elections the Reichstag (House of Parliament) is set on fire

Hitler’s Rise to Power Ms. Saggio - World History The Nazis blame the communists and win a slim majority in Parliament Enabling Act 1933 With a majority, Hitler asks to be given total control of the legislative power for 4 years only

Hitler’s policies Ms. Saggio - World History Banned opposition parties and arrested opposition leaders Created the SS (Hitler’s guards) led by Heinrich Himmler, who arrested and murdered hundreds

Hitler’s Politics Night of the Long Knives Ms. Saggio - World History Hitler’s Politics Night of the Long Knives Hitler ordered the killing of many Brown Shirts leaders in order to keep the SA in line Gestapo: secret police that used brutality and terror to keep everyone in line

Hitler’s Economics Banned Strikes and dissolved labor unions Ms. Saggio - World History Banned Strikes and dissolved labor unions Government took control over businesses Started many government jobs that put millions to work building public works

Hitler’s Social Rules Ms. Saggio - World History Propaganda: found in the Press, Radio, Literature, Paintings and Films Book Burning, great classics were burned because they did not agree with Hitler’s ideas

Hitler’s Social Rules Hitler Youth (boys) and League of German Girls Ms. Saggio - World History Hitler Youth (boys) and League of German Girls Taught violence and struggle as part of life (Social Darwinism)

Hitler’s Youth By 1938, military training was routine Ms. Saggio - World History Hitler’s Youth By 1938, military training was routine Girls were in the female division, known as the League of German Girls Had uniforms Also camped and hiked Taught domestic skills Women were expected to be faithful wives and dutiful mothers

Blame the Jew! Nuremberg Laws, 1933 Ms. Saggio - World History Blamed Jews for all of Germany’s problems Jews made up 1% of Pop. in Germany Nuremberg Laws, 1933 Denied Jews the right to vote Ban against mixed marriages Kicked out of professional jobs

Blame the Jew! Kristallnacht: Boycott of all Jewish business Ms. Saggio - World History Kristallnacht: Boycott of all Jewish business Nov 9 1938, Night of the Broken Glass, Nazi mobs destroy thousands of Jewish homes and shops

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER What is the Mein Kampf and the Gestapo? Why was the Weimar Republic unpopular with the German people Describe Hitler's social rules for the youth, both girls and boys. Explain some of Hitler’s economic ideas. What were the Nuremberg Laws?

Ms. Saggio - World History

Ms. Saggio - World History

Ms. Saggio - World History

Ms. Saggio - World History

Ms. Saggio - World History

Ms. Saggio - World History

Ms. Saggio - World History Quick Write: Please read the quotes and guess whether it was Hitler that said it, or Kanye West When a man is starving in the streets, he's not thinking of bread and water, but of caviar and champagne.“ "I stand here as a revolutionary. It is as a revolutionary against the revolution." "I might have to go back to war. I just might have to." "Nothing in life is promised except death." "I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade. That I will be the loudest voice." "Who says I am not under the special protection of God?" "I could design something for Obama to go to the club in." Hitler said it Hitler said it Kanye said it Kanye said it Kanye said it Hitler said it Hitler said it